New York County, NY

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    2024 Population
    1.63M
    US Senator
    Chuck Schumer
    Democratic Party
    US Senator
    Kirsten Gillibrand
    Democratic Party
    2024 Poverty Rate
    16.5%
    4.33% 1-year increase
    2024 Median Household Income
    $103,931
    0.595% 1-year decline
    2024 Median Property Value
    $1.09M
    1.66% 1-year decline
    2024 Employed Population
    877,340
    0.696% 1-year decline

    About

    None of the households in New York County, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

    87.1% of the residents in New York County, NY are U.S. citizens.

    The largest universities in New York County, NY are New York University (21,522 degrees awarded in 2024), Columbia University in the City of New York (16,416 degrees), and CUNY Hunter College (5,619 degrees).

    In 2024, the median property value in New York County, NY was $1.09M, and the homeownership rate was 25.1%.

    Most people in New York County, NY used public transit to get to work, and the average commute time was 31.2 minutes. The average car ownership in New York County, NY was 0 cars per household.

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    Population & Diversity

    New York County, NY is home to a population of 1.63M people, from which 87.1% are citizens.

    As of 2024, 28% of New York County, NY residents were born outside of the country (455k people).

    In 2024, there were 3.64 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (742k people) in New York County, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 204k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 202k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

    Population & Diversity

    Citizenship

    87.1%
    2024 Citizenship
    87.1%
    2023 Citizenship

    As of 2024, 87.1% of New York County, NY residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in New York County, NY was 87.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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    Diversity

    Race and Ethnicity

    The 3 largest ethnic groups in New York County, NY
    1. White (Non-Hispanic)
      742k ± 2.25k
    2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
      204k ± 2.47k
    3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
      202k ± 2.13k
    24.4%
    Hispanic Population
    398k people

    In 2024, there were 3.64 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (742k people) in New York County, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 204k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 202k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

    24.4% of the people in New York County, NY are hispanic (398k people).

    The following chart shows the 8 races represented in New York County, NY as a share of the total population.

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    Global Diversity

    The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for New York.
    Most Common Origin
    1. Dominican Republic
      492,198 ± 17,010 people
    2. China
      414,597 ± 15,642 people
    3. Jamaica
      229,554 ± 11,695 people

    In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 492,198 New York residents, followed by China with 414,597 and Jamaica with 229,554.

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    Foreign-Born Population

    28%
    2024 Foreign-Born Population
    455k people
    27.9%
    2023 Foreign-Born Population
    454k people

    As of 2024, 28% of New York County, NY residents (455k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in New York County, NY was 27.9%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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    Military

    Veterans

    Most Common Service Period
    1. Vietnam
      6,594 ± 783
    2. Gulf War (2001-)
      5,431 ± 900
    3. Gulf War (1990s)
      2,690 ± 687

    New York County, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.21 times greater than any other conflict.

    The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in New York County, NY.

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    Health

    95.8% of the population of New York County, NY has health coverage, with 51.6% on employee plans, 20% on Medicaid, 11.1% on Medicare, 12.9% on non-group plans, and 0.255% on military or VA plans.

    Primary care physicians in New York County, NY see 731 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (731 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 534 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 90 patients per year.

    By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.8% were men and 52.2% were women.

    Coverage

    Patient to Clinician Ratios

    731 to 1
    Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in New York County, NY

    Primary care physicians in New York County, NY see an average of 731 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (731 patients).

    The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in New York County, NY in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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    Location of Health Services Facilities

    Health Service Type
    Top 5 Health Facilities Servicing the Greatest Number of Addresses
    1. Health Practice Name

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    2. Health Practice Name

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    3. Health Practice Name

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    4. Health Practice Name

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    5. Health Practice Name

      12345 Community Center Dr., Hayward, CA 94540 Census Tract # 4005

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    Health Care Diversity

    In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 15% under 18 years, 28.7% between 18 and 34 years, 38.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.9% over 64 years.

    By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.8% were men and 52.2% were women.

    The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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    Uninsured People

    4.22%
    Uninsured
    51.6%
    Employer Coverage
    20%
    Medicaid
    11.1%
    Medicare
    12.9%
    Non-Group
    0.255%
    Military or VA

    Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in New York County, NY declined by 1.92% from 4.3% to 4.22%.

    The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in New York County, NY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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    Health Indicators

    Health Outcomes

    Indicator

    In 2025, the average number of mentally unhealthy days reported in past 30 days (age-adjusted) was 5.13 in New York County, NY.

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    Health Behaviors

    Indicator

    In 2025, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 21.2% in New York County, NY.

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    Clinical Care

    Indicator

    In 2025, the percentage of population under age 65 without health insurance was 4.73% in New York County, NY.

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    Economy

    The economy of New York County, NY employs 877k people. In 2024, the largest industries in New York County, NY were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (166,559 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (122,056 people), and Finance & Insurance (112,888 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($250,001), Finance & Insurance ($194,026), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($167,388).

    Employment

    Occupations

    877k
    2024 Value
    ± 10,281
    −0.696%
    1 Year decline
    ± 1.67%

    From 2023 to 2024, employment in New York County, NY declined at a rate of −0.696%, from 883k employees to 877k employees.

    The most common job groups, by number of people living in New York County, NY, are Management Occupations (152,410 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (107,670 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (74,884 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of New York County, NY.

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    Unemployment Insurance Claims

    Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

    This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New York (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

    The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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    Industries

    Employment by Industries

    877k
    2024 Value
    ± 10,281
    −0.696%
    1 Year decline
    ± 1.67%

    From 2023 to 2024, employment in New York County, NY declined at a rate of −0.696%, from 883k employees to 877k employees.

    The most common employment sectors for those who live in New York County, NY, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (166,559 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (122,056 people), and Finance & Insurance (112,888 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of New York County, NY, though some of these residents may live in New York County, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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    Median Earnings by Industry

    $97,778
    Median earning men ± $2,242
    $75,448
    Median earning women ± $1,340

    The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($200,036), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($128,005), and Information ($120,085).

    The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($139,926), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($123,198), and Construction ($104,800).

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    Employment by Industry Sector

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    Y-Axis
    2.74%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

    The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New York.

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    Establishments by Size

    The industries with the most establishments
    1. 10,445
      Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
    2. 6,328
      Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
    3. 6,012
      Other Services (except Public Administration)

    The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

    The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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    Payroll by Industry Sector

    The industries with the highest total annual payroll
    1. $114M
      Finance and Insurance
    2. $55.4M
      Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
    3. $41.9M
      Information

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    Civics

    In the 1976 presidential election, the popular vote in New York went to Kamala Harris with InfinityM% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (InfinityM%), followed by Jill Stein (InfinityM%).

    Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are the senators currently representing the state of New York. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

    New York is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

    Presidential Elections

    Voting results are not available for New York County, NY. Showing the available data for New York.
    1976 Election Results
    1. Kamala Harris (InfinityM%)
      6 Million Jobs, Alaskan Independence, Alliance, America First, America First Populist, America's Independent, America's, American, American Constitution, American Delta, American Independent, American Party Of Iowa, American Shopping, American Solidarity, American Third Position, Anderson Coalition, Approval Voting, Becoming One Nation, Better For America, Better Life, Big Deal, Boiling Frog, Boston Tea, Bread And Roses, Bull Moose, Campaign For A New Tomorrow, Christian Freedom, Citizens, Citizens First, Communist Party Use, Concerned Citizens, Concerns Of People, Conservative, Constitution, Constitution Party Of Florida, Constitutional Government, Consumer, D.c. Statehood Green, Dc Statehood Green, Democrat/republican, Democratic, Democratic-farmer-labor, Down With Lawyers, Ecology Party Of Florida, Equal Justice And Opportunity, Free Libertarian, Freedom, Freedom And Prosperity, Freedom For Larouche, Geneology Know Your Family History, Grassroots, Green, Green-rainbow, Grumpy Old Patriots, Heartquake '08, Human Rights, Independence, Independent, Independent American, Independent Grassroots, Independent Green, Independent Nomination, Independent People Of Colorado, Independent Voters, Independents For Economic Recovery, Independents For Larouche, Industrial Government, International Development Bank, Justice, Justice, Industry, And Agriculture, Kotlikoff For President, Labor, Labor-farm-laborista-agrario, Larouche For President, Legal Marijuana Now, Liberal, Libertarian, Liberty Union, Liberty, Ecology, Community, Life , Liberty, Constitution, Life And Liberty, Looking Back, Louisiana Taxpayers, Mccarthy '76, Middle Class Candidate, More Perfect Democracy, Mountain, National Economic Recovery, National Unity, National Unity Campaign, Natural Law, Natural People's League, Nebraska, New, New Alliance, New Independent Party Iowa, New Mexico Independent, No Party Affiliation, Nominated By Petition, Non-affiliated, Nonpartisan, Nonviolent Resistance/pacifist, Nsa Did 911, Nutrition, Objectivist, Other, Pacific Green, Party For Socialism And Liberation, Patriot, Patriotic, Peace & Freedom, Peace And Justice, Peace, People's, Personal Choice, Petitioning Candidate, Populist, Progressive, Progressive/green, Prohibition, Protecting Working Families, Reform, Reform Party Minnesota, Republican, Respect For Life, Right-to-life, Ron Daniels Independent, Socialism And Liberation, Socialist, Socialist Equality, Socialist Labor, Socialist Party Of Florida, Socialist Party Usa, Socialist U.s.a., Socialist Workers, Solidarity, Statesman, Taxpayers, The Birthday, Third, Third World Assembly, Tisch Independent Citizens, U.s. Labor, U.s. Pacifist, U.s. Taxpayers, Unaffiliated, Unenrolled, United Citizens, United Sovereign Citizens, Unity, Us Taxpayers, Vermont Grassroots, Veterans Party Of America, Vote Here, We The People, Wisconsin Green, Women's Equality, Workers League, Workers World, Working Families, and Write-in Party
    2. Donald J. Trump (InfinityM%)
      6 Million Jobs, Alaskan Independence, Alliance, America First, America First Populist, America's Independent, America's, American, American Constitution, American Delta, American Independent, American Party Of Iowa, American Shopping, American Solidarity, American Third Position, Anderson Coalition, Approval Voting, Becoming One Nation, Better For America, Better Life, Big Deal, Boiling Frog, Boston Tea, Bread And Roses, Bull Moose, Campaign For A New Tomorrow, Christian Freedom, Citizens, Citizens First, Communist Party Use, Concerned Citizens, Concerns Of People, Conservative, Constitution, Constitution Party Of Florida, Constitutional Government, Consumer, D.c. Statehood Green, Dc Statehood Green, Democrat/republican, Democratic, Democratic-farmer-labor, Down With Lawyers, Ecology Party Of Florida, Equal Justice And Opportunity, Free Libertarian, Freedom, Freedom And Prosperity, Freedom For Larouche, Geneology Know Your Family History, Grassroots, Green, Green-rainbow, Grumpy Old Patriots, Heartquake '08, Human Rights, Independence, Independent, Independent American, Independent Grassroots, Independent Green, Independent Nomination, Independent People Of Colorado, Independent Voters, Independents For Economic Recovery, Independents For Larouche, Industrial Government, International Development Bank, Justice, Justice, Industry, And Agriculture, Kotlikoff For President, Labor, Labor-farm-laborista-agrario, Larouche For President, Legal Marijuana Now, Liberal, Libertarian, Liberty Union, Liberty, Ecology, Community, Life , Liberty, Constitution, Life And Liberty, Looking Back, Louisiana Taxpayers, Mccarthy '76, Middle Class Candidate, More Perfect Democracy, Mountain, National Economic Recovery, National Unity, National Unity Campaign, Natural Law, Natural People's League, Nebraska, New, New Alliance, New Independent Party Iowa, New Mexico Independent, No Party Affiliation, Nominated By Petition, Non-affiliated, Nonpartisan, Nonviolent Resistance/pacifist, Nsa Did 911, Nutrition, Objectivist, Other, Pacific Green, Party For Socialism And Liberation, Patriot, Patriotic, Peace & Freedom, Peace And Justice, Peace, People's, Personal Choice, Petitioning Candidate, Populist, Progressive, Progressive/green, Prohibition, Protecting Working Families, Reform, Reform Party Minnesota, Republican, Respect For Life, Right-to-life, Ron Daniels Independent, Socialism And Liberation, Socialist, Socialist Equality, Socialist Labor, Socialist Party Of Florida, Socialist Party Usa, Socialist U.s.a., Socialist Workers, Solidarity, Statesman, Taxpayers, The Birthday, Third, Third World Assembly, Tisch Independent Citizens, U.s. Labor, U.s. Pacifist, U.s. Taxpayers, Unaffiliated, Unenrolled, United Citizens, United Sovereign Citizens, Unity, Us Taxpayers, Vermont Grassroots, Veterans Party Of America, Vote Here, We The People, Wisconsin Green, Women's Equality, Workers League, Workers World, Working Families, and Write-in Party
    3. Jill Stein (InfinityM%)
      6 Million Jobs, Alaskan Independence, Alliance, America First, America First Populist, America's Independent, America's, American, American Constitution, American Delta, American Independent, American Party Of Iowa, American Shopping, American Solidarity, American Third Position, Anderson Coalition, Approval Voting, Becoming One Nation, Better For America, Better Life, Big Deal, Boiling Frog, Boston Tea, Bread And Roses, Bull Moose, Campaign For A New Tomorrow, Christian Freedom, Citizens, Citizens First, Communist Party Use, Concerned Citizens, Concerns Of People, Conservative, Constitution, Constitution Party Of Florida, Constitutional Government, Consumer, D.c. Statehood Green, Dc Statehood Green, Democrat/republican, Democratic, Democratic-farmer-labor, Down With Lawyers, Ecology Party Of Florida, Equal Justice And Opportunity, Free Libertarian, Freedom, Freedom And Prosperity, Freedom For Larouche, Geneology Know Your Family History, Grassroots, Green, Green-rainbow, Grumpy Old Patriots, Heartquake '08, Human Rights, Independence, Independent, Independent American, Independent Grassroots, Independent Green, Independent Nomination, Independent People Of Colorado, Independent Voters, Independents For Economic Recovery, Independents For Larouche, Industrial Government, International Development Bank, Justice, Justice, Industry, And Agriculture, Kotlikoff For President, Labor, Labor-farm-laborista-agrario, Larouche For President, Legal Marijuana Now, Liberal, Libertarian, Liberty Union, Liberty, Ecology, Community, Life , Liberty, Constitution, Life And Liberty, Looking Back, Louisiana Taxpayers, Mccarthy '76, Middle Class Candidate, More Perfect Democracy, Mountain, National Economic Recovery, National Unity, National Unity Campaign, Natural Law, Natural People's League, Nebraska, New, New Alliance, New Independent Party Iowa, New Mexico Independent, No Party Affiliation, Nominated By Petition, Non-affiliated, Nonpartisan, Nonviolent Resistance/pacifist, Nsa Did 911, Nutrition, Objectivist, Other, Pacific Green, Party For Socialism And Liberation, Patriot, Patriotic, Peace & Freedom, Peace And Justice, Peace, People's, Personal Choice, Petitioning Candidate, Populist, Progressive, Progressive/green, Prohibition, Protecting Working Families, Reform, Reform Party Minnesota, Republican, Respect For Life, Right-to-life, Ron Daniels Independent, Socialism And Liberation, Socialist, Socialist Equality, Socialist Labor, Socialist Party Of Florida, Socialist Party Usa, Socialist U.s.a., Socialist Workers, Solidarity, Statesman, Taxpayers, The Birthday, Third, Third World Assembly, Tisch Independent Citizens, U.s. Labor, U.s. Pacifist, U.s. Taxpayers, Unaffiliated, Unenrolled, United Citizens, United Sovereign Citizens, Unity, Us Taxpayers, Vermont Grassroots, Veterans Party Of America, Vote Here, We The People, Wisconsin Green, Women's Equality, Workers League, Workers World, Working Families, and Write-in Party

    In the 1976 presidential election, the popular vote in New York went to Kamala Harris with InfinityM% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (InfinityM%), followed by Jill Stein (InfinityM%).

    The following chart shows the popular vote results in New York for each registered party from 1976 to 1976.

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    Senator Elections

    US Senators from New York

    Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
    Chuck Schumer
    Senator from New York3
    Assumed office on January 3, 1999
    Kirsten Gillibrand
    Senator from New York1
    Assumed office on January 26, 2009
    Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Hillary Clinton, who had become Secretary of State.

    Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are the senators currently representing New York.

    In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

    The following chart shows elected senators in New York over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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    Education

    The student population of New York County, NY in 2024 is skewed towards women, with 106,779 male students and 177,950 female students.

    Most students graduating from Universities in New York County, NY are White (26,037 and 36.8%), Hispanic or Latino (15,711 and 22.2%), Asian (13,224 and 18.7%), and Black or African American (9,620 and 13.6%).

    The largest universities in New York County, NY by number of degrees awarded are New York University (21,522 and 22.9%), Columbia University in the City of New York (16,416 and 17.5%), and CUNY Hunter College (5,619 and 5.98%).

    The most popular majors in New York County, NY are Social Work (2,189 and 2.33%), General Psychology (2,158 and 2.3%), and Law (2,110 and 2.25%).

    The median tuition costs are $46,628 for private four year colleges, and $6,930 and $14,880 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

    Admissions & Enrollments

    Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

    University
    Measure

    In 2024 in New York County, NY, the percentage of applicants admitted was 33.4%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 21.1%. The number of students enrolled in 2024 was 284,729 (37.5% men and 62.5% women).

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    Enrollments by Gender and Races

    Universities

    In 2024 there were 284,729 students enrolled in New York County, NY, 37.5% men and 62.5% women.

    By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 71,482 records, of which 63.1% were women and 36.9% men.

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    Completions

    Concentrations

    Most Common
    1. Social Work
      2,019 degrees awarded
    2. Other Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
      1,976 degrees awarded
    3. General Computer & Information Sciences
      1,164 degrees awarded

    In 2024, the most common concentation for Masters Degree recipients in New York County, NY was Social Work with 2,019 degrees awarded.

    This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Masters Degree from schools in New York County, NY according to their major.

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    Universities

    Gender
    Race
    Largest Universities by degrees awarded
    1. New York University
      21,522 degrees awarded
    2. Columbia University in the City of New York
      16,416 degrees awarded
    3. CUNY Hunter College
      5,619 degrees awarded

    In 2024, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was New York University with 21,522 degrees awarded.

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    Student Diversity

    University

    In 2024, 33,609 men were awarded degrees from institutions in New York County, NY, which is 0.557 times less than the 60,325 female students who received degrees in the same year.

    In 2024, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 26,037 degrees mean that there were 1.66 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 15,711 degrees awarded.

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    Awarded Degrees over Time

    The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

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    Tuition

    Average Net Price by Sector

    Universities

    Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($46,628) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

    Private for-profit, 2-year ($2,023) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

    Private for-profit, 2-year ($1,650) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

    The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

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    Housing & Living

    The median property value in New York County, NY was $1.09M in 2024, which is 3.28 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $1.11M to $1.09M, a 1.66% decrease. The homeownership rate in New York County, NY is 25.1%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

    People in New York County, NY have an average commute time of 31.2 minutes, and they used public transit to get to work. Car ownership in New York County, NY is lower than the national average, with an average of 0 cars per household.

    In 2025, 24.8% of the population was living with severe housing problems in New York County, NY. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 0.215%.

    Housing

    Property

    $1.09M
    Median Property Value 2024
    ±$28,044
    $194,982
    Median Property Taxes
    ±$4,832

    The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In New York County, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

    The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in New York County, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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    Rent vs Own

    25.1%
    Homeownership
    2024
    61.5%
    Homeowners with Mortgage
    2024

    In 2024, 25.1% of the housing units in New York County, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 24.7%.

    This chart shows the percentage of owner in New York County, NY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

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    Equity

    Household Income

    Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
    $103,931
    Median Household Income
    ± $1,490
    778k
    Number of Households
    ± 9,495

    In 2024, the median household income of the 778k households in New York County, NY declined from $103,931 from the previous year's value of $104,553.

    The following chart displays the households in New York County, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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    Wage Distribution

    The closest comparable wage GINI for New York County, NY is from New York.
    0.492
    2024 Wage GINI in New York
    0.493
    2023 Wage GINI in New York

    In 2024, the income inequality in New York was 0.492 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.301% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

    This chart shows the number of workers in New York across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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    Transportation

    Commuter Transportation

    Most Common Commute in 2024
    1. Public Transit (43.8%)
    2. Worked At Home (25.5%)
    3. Walked (17.8%)

    In 2024, 43.8% of workers in New York County, NY used public transit to get to work, followed by those who worked at home (25.5%) and those who walked to work (17.8%).

    The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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    Commute Time

    31.2 minutes
    Average Travel Time

    Using averages, employees in New York County, NY have a longer commute time (31.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.52% of the workforce in New York County, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

    The chart below shows how the median household income in New York County, NY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

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    Poverty

    Severe Housing Problems

    In 2025, 24.8% of the population was living with severe housing problems in New York County, NY. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 0.215%.

    The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

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    Poverty & Diversity

    16.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in New York County, NY (261k out of 1.58M people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

    The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in New York County, NY is Hispanic, followed by Black and White.

    The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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    Children in Poverty

    In 2025, 20.1% of the children was living in poverty in New York County, NY. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 6.4%.

    The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

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    Security

    Crimes & Accidents

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    In 2022, the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population was 586 in New York County, NY. From 2014 to 2022, the indicator declined 5.25% per 100,000 population.

    The graph shows the trend in the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population.

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